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07/09/2015 – Having a Ball

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Rob DeVelice will lead "Having a Ball" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.

Meet Rob D at 6:30 pm at the Flattop trailhead in Glen Alps Parking Area. We will head up to the Ball Field by an alternative route to the standard gully. After a bit of a ridge romp we will kick a ball across the Ball Field and descend to the trail and return in a figure 9 configuration for a total duration of about 2.5 hours.

The photo below is of Mimulus Spring on the “Having a Ball” route (7/5/15).

02/19/2015 – Touch Me, Feel Me

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Rob DeVelice will lead "Touch Me, Feel Me" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.

Meet at Prospect Heights trailhead at 6:30 pm. This will be an out and back on trails and routes to “Touch Me, Feel Me” boulder high on Rusty Point. There will be minimal bushwacking but some of the terrain will be steep.

“Touch Me, Feel Me” boulder is featured in the photo below and will be the destination of the February 19 Epic.

02/12/2015 – Sky Pilot

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Rob DeVelice will lead "Sky Pilot" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.

Meet at 6:30 pm in the turn out on the left just past milepost 109 on the Seward Highway (past the fresh water pipe). After a brief section on the highway we will ascend steep slopes above the Sky Pilot rock climbing area. This loop route will mostly be off trail on steep, brushy slopes interspersed with steep, snow covered talus. Traction devises are recommended.

02/05/2015 – Simply Potter

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Rob DeVelice will lead "Simply Potter" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.

Meet at 6:15 pm at Goldenview Middle School (on Goldenview Drive) for carpooling to the start. We will follow seldom used routes to the ridge splitting Potter and Little Rabbit Creek valleys. We will then follow the ridge trail towards McHugh Peak and return via a loop configuration. Traction devices recommended.

11/27/2014 – LOTR

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Rob DeVelice will lead "LOTR" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.

Meet at 8 am (note morning start time) in the Raspberry parking area in Kincaid Park. This Thanksgiving daytime outing will also be in celebration of 14 years of Epics.

The entire route will be on single track trails in a loop configuration.

10/23/2014 – Eva’s Loop

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Rob DeVelice will lead "Eva's Loop" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.

Rendezvous at the intersection of Upper De Armoun and Canyon roads at 6:15 pm for car pooling to the trailhead (NOT the Rabbit Creek Trailhead). We will proceed on semi-unfrequented single track trails and some cross-country in a loop configuration southwest of Rabbit Creek.

The photo below is a digital creation by rld.